I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.

Filmography


Video game credits
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994) 7th Level
Storybook Weaver (1994) MECC
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996) 7th Level
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997) Panasonic
Starship Titanic (1998) Simon & Schuster Interactive (voice of the Bomb) — (Credited as Kim Bread)
007 Racing (2000) Electronic Arts
The World Is Not Enough (2000) Electronic Arts
Storybook Weaver Deluxe (2004) MECC The Learning Company
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004) Electronic Arts
Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged (2004) Atari
Jade Empire (2005) BioWare (as Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard)
Shrek the Third (2007) King Harold Narrator
Fable III (2010) Jasper
Time Troopers (2004) Mr. Simon Finch-Royce)
(1998) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series / 3rd Rock from the Sun (as Dr. Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002) as Red
Will & Grace (2003–2004) as recurring character Lyle Finster.

In the mid-1970s Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded Video Arts a production company making entertaining training films.